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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 9255395" data-attributes="member: 27385"><p>Ah, the classic 1e gotcha moment when you opened a room and the DM said there was nothing inside so you just went to the next.  You should have taken the Explore Pattern Delta procedure and known that you needed to use your 10ft pole to prod the ground by the door looking for traps before checking the ceiling for traps and only then, you can enter a room.  Then you need to 10ft pole around the rest of the floor before checking the walls without touching them in case of contact poison.  If done right, you could have found the invisible jars with the gold.  However, you just moved on so not only do you not get the gold, you also get screwed since GP=XP.  Double gotcha!</p></blockquote><p></p>